Improved ice-preserver



J. E. PILKINGTON. ICE PRESERVER.

No. 107,405. Patented Se t/1s, 1870.

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JAMES E. PILKINGTON, 0F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

Letters Pateat No. 107,405, dated September 13. 187

IMPROVED ICE-PRESERVER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same erence being had to the accompanying drawing of the same, which makes part of this specification, and in which.-

Figure it represents a view, in perspective, oi'an' ieepreserver embracing my invention;

Figure2 represents a vertical sect on of the same; and w v Figure 3 a view, in perspective, of the iee- 'ireserver, with its sealing-cap removed.

My invention relates to preserving ice in a enliven-- ient receptacle, for use in'the bed-room, or in any part of the building where it is most needed, or which may be carried from place to place without the least inconvenience or liability to wet the place where it is kept, or any article near it; not only efi'ect-ing a great saving of the ice, but keeping it pure and free from lint and dirt. r

In the accompanying dlawing- The reserver-consists of an inner reoeiv-in vessel O i A, of tin or wood open at its top, and an inclosingcase, B, of felt orother suitable non-conductor, also open at its top, and of equal height withthe receiver.

The receiver A is fitted with a cover, (J, which closesit-s open end, and the inclosing-case is also fit. ted or formed with a felted or other non-conducting, cover or cap, D, which effectually seals the joints of the cover 0, and perfectly insulates it from the influ-' once of the air.

. The advantage 'of'this preserver consists in keeping theice in a common wooden or tin vessel, perfectly inclosed and sea-led by a cheap air-tight casing of felt, or othernon-conducting material, sufliciently thick to protect'the receiver from the efiect ofoutside heat.

'lhe receiver may be made of any light, tight form,

and the felted case maybe made in one piece and drawn over it.

The sealing-cover is provided with a liandle,-,E, of

' list, or a strap, and it is drawn over theIreceiver likea 1l0 0d,'SC as to'embrace the felted case, and tied by I a-strap, 1*,s0 as to hug it to the case and make it eirtight, while the handle is tied to the case, so as to prevent it from slipping oif, and'the -preservermay be carried and handled like a bucket.

The felting case is thus made in two sections, which,

when united, the one within. the other, completely insulate the receiver, and, while effectually excluding the air, form a perfect non-conductor of heat, and,-1n

'this way, the ieewithin the receiver'can be kept al- I The ice-preserver, having a receiver of wood or tin, I A, and an inclosing-case, of felt or other non-con 'duetor, having a fixed and a movable section, B and I),

made and used as herein described, as a new article of manufacture.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set myhand. JAMES E. PILKINGTON.

Witnesses:

A. E; H. Jomssox, '1. IL UPPERMAN. 

